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United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar in 2016. The armed group controls one of the world's largest tin mines.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2025

China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to produce magnets that power critical goods.
U.S. President Donald Trump's tactics, which may work with Elon Musk, are unlikely to succeed with China, where strategic leverage and national security concerns make such coercive methods ineffective.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2025

Donald Trump’s antics may work with Elon Musk, but not with China

Trump’s tactics may work against Elon Musk given that his administration has leverage over Musk’s critical business activities. But with China, it does not.
People pray during a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2025

Why only Japan is criticized for honoring its war dead

Other countries honor the ultimate sacrifice regardless of whether the war was just, later judged a mistake or involved actions that could be seen as war crimes.
Two mobile phones show different viral AI-generated videos of people voicing their opinions on the impeachment of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 26, 2025

AI fakes duel over Sara Duterte impeachment in Philippines

Two interviews with Filipinos arguing for and against Vice President Duterte's impeachment have gone viral. Neither are real.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand shakes hands with Japan's top diplomat, Takeshi Iwaya, at the end of a signing ceremony for an information security agreement, after bilateral talks in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 9, 2025

Japan and Canada ink key intel-sharing deal

The agreement is another important step toward deepening ties with individual members of the Five Eyes intelligence grouping.
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jul 16, 2025

JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans

People in attendance for the celebration will get a chance to see the rare "sandangamae" performance and demonstrations of ancient sumo.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits a rice farm in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 9. Inflation is eating into household budgets, and higher prices are causing much concern among the Japanese public.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 18, 2025

In Japanese politics, rice is the 'third rail'

If inexperienced politicians inadvertently damage Japan’s food security, voters will send them packing.
China’s use of exit bans has been a point of contention between Beijing and Washington.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2025

China stops U.S. Department of Commerce worker from leaving country: reports

China’s use of exit bans has been a point of contention between Beijing and Washington.
Takeshi Ishikawa, commissioner of the Japanese Defense Ministry's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, speaks at a briefing for Australian political and business leaders on an upgraded version of a Mogami-class frigate that Tokyo aims to export to Australia, held in Canberra on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2025

Japan briefs Australia on frigate for export

Australia plans to build 11 frigates and is expected to choose between the upgraded Mogami-class frigate and a German frigate by year-end.

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